''Shanibarer Chithi'' (meaning ''the Saturday Letter'' in English) was a monthly

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literary magazine published by Shaniranjan Press in

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. It was founded in 1929 by Ashok Chattopadhyay as the conservative response to the progressive literary magazine ''

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'' which was founded a year ago. It started as a weekly. Later it became a monthly. The magazine was one of the major satirical publications in India. Sajanikanta Das joined the magazine from eleventh issue as the editor who made the magazine popular.

Editors

* Jogananda Das * Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri * Sajanikanta Das * Parimal Goswami

References

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